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Zululand

[ zoo-loo-land ]

noun

  1. a territory in NE Natal, in the Republic of South Africa.


Zululand

/ ˈzuːlʊˌlænd; ˈzuːluː- /

noun

  1. a region of E South Africa, on the Indian Ocean; partly corresponds to KwaZulu-Natal. Chief town: Eshowe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Titles such as A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students, published in 1894, The Ruined Cities of Zululand, published in 1869, and The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia, published in 1905, are representative of the selection.

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He headed the administrative region of Zululand, one of the “homelands” the apartheid government created to enforce the segregation policy.

His leadership of the Zululand administration was considered a betrayal to Black South Africans as the “homelands” system was an integral part of the apartheid machinery.

His legacy has remained a contested one due to the role he played during South Africa’s apartheid era, including heading the administrative region of Zululand, a part of the “homelands” regions that were the cornerstone of the apartheid government’s policy of separate development.

Many were killed in the clashes which took place in the then Zululand and later spread to areas including the Transvaal, now the Gauteng province.

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